In Re Cramer

OPINION

THOMAS M. TWARDOWSKI, Chief Judge.

This case presents the question of whether debtor may exempt under 11 U.S.C. § 522(d)(ll)(E) the balance of approximately $25,000.00 1 remaining from a state court personal injury award after payment of a contingency fee to the attorney who represented him in the personal injury lawsuit and after deduction of his exemption of $11,650.00 under 11 U.S.C. §§ 522(d)(5) and (d)(ll)(D). 2 Because we find that neither the chapter 7 trustee nor Flame-Rite Equipment, Inc. (“Flame-Rite”) have met their burden of proof under B.R. 4003(c), 3 we deny the trustee’s…